Jimmy Bogard has a post that hits the nail on the head with being a lonely programmer yet still applying TDD. I have been asked by two separate people recently what resources they should consider looking into for starting out in programming. Even though...

A while ago I posted on the very basics about using Monorail on IIS7. Implementing the routing module requires a bit more tuning though so I wanted to quickly post my configuration and some things to look for if you are having difficulty getting routing...

When using the FormHelper.FormTag(...) in Monorail you can simply do something like this: <?brail output Form.FormTag({@action: "edit" }) ?> This will render something like this: <form id= "form1" action= "edit.rails"...

Since updating to SP1 on Vista my notepad replacement was copied over and re-replaced with the ghetto notepad offering in Windows. So I went back to this site and got the directions again for copying the Notepad replacement exe you can find here into...

In his book Domain Driven Design Eric Evans shows the value in keeping functions which are 'Side-Effect-Free' from commands which alter some state in the program. Prior to understanding this, it was common for me to have some method like so: public...

Freely admitting my naïveté and rookie/booter/redshirt status , I ask a simple question: Why are messaging services such as logging often implemented via a pattern employing some kind of globally accessible object, yet similar services for passing...

An AGGREGATE is a cluster of associated objects that we treat as a unit for the purpose of data changes. Each AGGREGATE has a root and a boundary. The boundary defines what is inside the AGGREGATE. Domain-Driven Design, Eric Evans This pattern is at the...

I was waiting for the MVC versus WebForms smack downs to begin :) Who wins my personal choice has been validated more by the people I serve than by my own opinions. I am intimately familiar with the Page Lifecycle and the nuances you have to be considering...

I have a view in my monorail project that has this element: <img id="tab-direction" alt="tab direction toggle" src=""/> This is being observed by jQuery to toggle the image and do some client-side script along the way...

I have an autocomplete plugin that handles json data as easily as delimited text . If you emailed me on this please resend your email as my reply failed so I can get the code to you... Now back to our regularly scheduled program...

Moving to a new machine can be like moving from a house you've lived in a long time...you just take things for granted after a while that you have set up. I got a new machine with Vista on it and decided to just start all over again installing only...

I am in the process of putting together a new machine with Vista Ultimate on it. (I almost feel like asking you if you are sure you want to read this post). My first site on IIS7 is an Monorail app so I was curious what I was in for. Here are some resources...

I revisited porting the builtin Hbm2Ddl task from Nant to MSBuild. It's passing tests on my end and I'll take on a test drive tonight. Nothing real interesting. It is forced to copy the target assemblies into the runtime bin and then cleanup on...

One of the projects I am wrapping up had some requirements that gradually complicated the layout required across the web site. I love working with non-table layouts and while my design was holding up well. The time I had to commit to dealing with the...